AIA Launches Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Center for Communities by Design, with support from the AIA Committee on the Environment, has formally launched the Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) program, a community-assistance program focused on sustainability. “The SDAT program is based on the AIA’s goal of helping communities create a sustainable relationship between humans, the natural environment, and place,” according to AIA. “By achieving balance between cultural, environmental, and economic systems, communities can sustain a place as a stage for human settlement.” The first five SDAT communities for 2005, the program’s inaugural year, are Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Pittsfield and Northampton, Massachusetts; Cache County, Utah; and Forest City, North Carolina. Three more communities are expected to be announced shortly.
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